Monday, April 28, 2014

There is nothing love cannot face

There is nothing love cannot face;  there is no limit to its faith,  its hope, and its endurance. St. Paul I Corinthians 13:7 Those are some of the most beautiful words ever written  from my favorite part of the bible. I don't read it often enough! Have...
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Friday, April 25, 2014

Why Not Now?

We can procrastinate for an endless list of excuses, but why not empower ourselves to change our lives for the better now.  It doesn't matter what it is! I've written about procrastination before . . . it is like a ball and chain to hold you back from doing anything and putting it off until...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Love will change us forever . . .

Another post that I'm transferring from an old blog that reminds me that some things don't change . . . I was thinking about how love has changed my life once again . . . and how some things haven't changed.   Love will and does change us forever . . .  over and over again...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Front Row Seat Relationships

"Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance.  It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Emotional Boundaries

"Creating emotional boundaries increases our sense of safety and allows us to interact with others from a place of inner strength and calm. Our defensiveness usually results from feelings of powerlessness, fear, or intense vulnerability.  Rather than striking out at perceived threats...
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Monday, April 14, 2014

An analysis of "the little white lie"

There may be times when our interests conflict with the interests of the individuals in our environment. We may not at first recognize these instances, but our tendency to give others due consideration will help us identify potentially hurtful choices.  We need only give a moment's...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Serenity

Serenity often comes and goes in my life depending on the effort I put into welcoming it or pushing it away. I can't will serenity, but I can  create an environment where  it's more likely to blossom When I found the above excerpt in a post from an old blog, I felt as though they were...
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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Too Bad

My friend Marie on Facebook posted the above graphic that was taken different ways by different people. We all have our perspective on abuse. The topic continued to be on my mind since I have lived it in the past and have so much to say about it. One thing for sure is that females are not the...
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Friday, April 4, 2014

Balance of life

Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain. Mary Catherine Bateson There are times in life when we need to stop and evaluate where we are headed and where we want to go. Priorities play into...
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